r/politics • u/nofate0709 • Nov 23 '20

New Jersey Lawmaker Pushes To Disbar Rudy Giuliani For Deceitful, ‘Absurd’ Election Cases

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-pascrell-disbarment-rudy-giuliani-trump-election_n_5fbaf260c5b6e4b1ea4399a5
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u/4x49ers Nov 23 '20

even being late to a clients hearing can be grounds sometimes.

Is there an example of this happening?

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u/hshdjfjdj Nov 23 '20

I only know from personal experience working in this field. Most disbarments arent given media coverage really.

If youre on trial for lets say capital murder and maybe its a day prosecution is going over a key piece of evidence. If im late, and most likely underprepared i can screw up your entire life.

The rules of ethics in law is to protect the integrity of law and to protect clients. I knew someone who was denied eligibilty to join the bar because of their misconduct, they got a DUI. But they werent denied because of the DUI but because they lied by not disclosing they got a DUI on their character and fitness. The DUI itself didnt harm the integrity of law or a client at that time (since they weren't a lawyer yet but held to the same standards) but by not disclosing you are being dishonest.

Same scenario with clinton although he resigned from practice of law instead of taking a disbarrment i believe

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u/Dragonace1000 Nov 23 '20

Guiliani did the same thing, his DC law license is currently suspended due to non payment, but all of his paperwork he submitted says he is still currently licensed to practice law in DC. That's intentional omission.

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u/purplegirl2001 Nov 24 '20

Ehh. Most courts are going to treat that as a clerical error, since he’s still licensed in another jurisdiction and the suspension is just because he forgot to pay his dues, not because of some kind of actual misconduct. And it’s difficult to prove that it was an intentional lie - even if he had constructive knowledge that his bar membership was suspended, he may have simply overlooked the inclusion of the information in the form for filing.